Tuesday, December 17, 2013

take fourteen

I was born in an undulating ceiling
& there are no supernovas
from here on, ma'am

see, there are jail cells
which line this linoleum garden  -  hey,
doesn't it remind you
of that movie with Jean Harlow
where she doesn't quite
make it to the end?

in those times we could admire
without the NSA playing
walkie-talkie secret agent,
interrupting pizza deliveries

our future selves will be
reminiscing on
when our voices
got lost under flat water
& misinterpreted sunbeams

the era of amnesiacs
taking anesthetics for fun

though I will admit
you get used to the lack
of color from being immersed

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